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The Dreaming Beauty by Anneka R. Walker
4.5
emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

Beautifully reimagined Sleeping Beauty story! Tansy has uniquely vivid dreams that tend to come true. Living with her aunts, she moves to Rose Cottage right before her 20th birthday and the mysteries begin to unravel. 

Enter Marcus, professor and studier of dreams, seeking to discover the secret to stop his own nightmares. When Tansy unexpectedly appears in his home, sleeping like the dead, he is hopeful she holds the key to that secret. 

I love the unlikely friendships that occur between Marcus and the White family, and I love the floral names: Lily, Iris, Aster, Daisy, and Tansy.  The flow of the story is beautiful and the mysteries keep you guessing throughout. While the ending seemed a little too tidy, this is one of my favorite retellings to date.